"Tina Tailor Soldier Spy" | |
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Bob's Burgers episode | |
Episode no. | Season 5 Series 74 Episode 7 |
Directed by | Don MacKinnon |
Written by | Holly Schlesinger |
Production code | 4ASA15 |
Original air date | December 14, 2014 |
Guest appearance(s) | |
Brooke Dillman as Ginny |
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Brooke Dillman as Ginny
Rachel Dratch as Jodi
Sarah Baker as Rena
Melissa Galsky as Julie
Betsy Sodaro as Patty
"Tina Tailor Soldier Spy" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers and the overall 74th episode, and is written by Holly Schlesinger and directed by Don MacKinnon. It aired on Fox in the United States on December 14, 2014.
Tina decides to quit her Thundergirls troop, Troop 119, after feeling that her troop does not care for her adherence to the older Thundergirl manual. However, her former troop leader, Ginny, recruits her to return to the troop as a spy. She needs Tina to help her figure out which girl in the troop is a mole for their rivals, Troop 257. Every year, Troop 119's Thundergirl cookie sales are terrible and Ginny has learned that it is due to someone giving Troop 257 all of their planned cookie sale locations ahead of time. She is certain now, because she told Troop 119 that her new workplace would be perfect, only to have Troop 257 appear and sell all her coworkers cookies before Troop 119 was able to arrive. Ginny spoke to all the girls in the troop—Katie, Julie, Rena, Jodi, and Molly—and cannot determine which one is the mole; she knows it cannot be Tina, because Tina quit before the sabotage at her workplace happened. Tina agrees to help her.
Louise learns about Tina's mission and tells Tina she will need her help if she wants to solve the case. When Tina refuses, Louise surprises her by joining Troop 119. Louise dubs her and Tina the "Mole Patrol". Tina's plan is to gain the mole's trust slowly and carefully, but Louise thinks a better idea would be to spread rumors to turn the girls against one another until the mole is revealed. Louise's plan sends the troop into chaos and when she threatens Jodi for a confession, Tina has enough and tells Louise that Mole Patrol is over and that she should leave the troop. Louise is angered and joins Troop 257 on her own under the name "Alanis" to determine who the mole is from the other end. She finds that Troop 257 is made up of extreme and hard edged girls who use a secret handshake involving farting noises when their finger is pulled.
Meanwhile, in a subplot, Gretchen convinces Linda to dye her hair blonde. At first, Linda is enamored with her new look and aspires to play the "dumb, sexy blonde", but begins to fear that she truly is losing her intelligence because of her hair color. After seeing Gretchen dye her hair brunette, Linda changes her hair color back and feels secure that her intelligence has returned.